5 Bible Verses about Edification, Goal Of

till being united in a perfect belief, and acknowledgment of the son of God, we grow up to that full state of maturity required by Christ:

that we should be no longer children, fluctuating, and carried about with every empty doctrine, by men vers'd in sleight and the crafty arts of deceit:

and the favour I ask of him is this, that your kindness to me may be crown'd with farther improvements in knowledge and all prudence; that being capable to distinguish what is best, you may remain stedfastly sincere until the day of Christ,

such solid nourishment is only fit for such as are arriv'd at their full growth and strength, whose senses have been exercis'd in distinguishing what is good, and what is prejudicial.

that by the sanctity of your affections, you may stand unreprov'd in the presence of God our father, when our Lord Jesus Christ shall come with all his holy angels.